US Marine Crops Archives - The Marshall Islands Journal

Friendly starts to compact talks

By Journal on June 16, 2022 Compact of Free Association, Covid, David Kabua, Donald Trump, FSM, Hilda Hiene, Jessica Dambruch, Joe Biden, Joseph Yun, Keone Nakoa, Kitlang kabua, Mike Pompeo, Palau, Pohnpei, Roxanne Cabral, US Army, US Marine Crops News Archive

GIFF JOHNSON Nearly three years after the first in-person preliminary discussions were held between the US and the Marshall Islands for a third funding agreement in the Compact, negotiations resumed again this week with a two-day meeting at Kwajalein. The negotiations stalled after these first discussions were held in Pohnpei between President Trump’s Secretary of […]

New Marine: ‘I’d do it again’

By Journal on May 13, 2021 Karen Earnshaw, Suzanne Chutaro, Teia Chutaro, US Marine Crops News Archive

KAREN EARNSHAW When US Marines Corps Private First Class Teia Chutaro took part in the grueling, three-day training exercise that marks the culmination of boot camp her ankles were already swollen from being sprained and one of her Achilles tendons was strained. Known as The Crucible, the famous event included a 45-mile hike over hills […]